South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham appeared to dismiss House Republicans’ impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden on Sunday.
On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Graham was asked about the push and said, “I haven’t really been paying that much attention to it.”
“They have to prove that President Biden somehow financially benefitted from the business enterprises of Hunter Biden. We’ll see,” Graham said, referencing his GOP colleagues in the House. “If there were a smoking gun, I think we’d be talking about it.”
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The Republican-controlled House voted last Wednesday to launch an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, a formal step Republicans believe will allow them to better enforce subpoenas in court.
The 221-212 vote was along party lines.
“The impeachment power resides solely with the House of Representatives. If a majority of the House now says we’re in an official impeachment inquiry as part of our constitutional duty to do oversight, that carries weight. That’s going to help us get these witnesses in,” said Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
The White House has dismissed the investigation as unfounded and politically motivated.
Still, Graham said impeachment investigations aren’t his focus going into 2024.
“I’m not worried about impeaching the president right now. You know what I’m worried about? Helping the president bring the (Middle) East to a better spot,” Graham said, adding other national priorities such as Israel and targeting America’s border policy.
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